Explicable Me

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My hats are off to you Weiden Kennedy. Someday I hope to work...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:07:18 -0800

My hats are off to you Weiden Kennedy. Someday I hope to work under your banner

"But sometimes I get ridiculous I'll eat up all ya crackas and...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:16:22 -0800

"But sometimes I get ridiculous
I'll eat up all ya crackas and ya licorice
Hey, yo, fat girl, c'mere are ya ticklish?
Yeah, I called ya fat, look at me, I'm skinny
That never stopped me from gettin busy
I'm a freak!
I like the girls with the boom
I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom..."

juliasegal: antiheroe: (via dandoporculo)

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:13:32 -0800

juliasegal:

antiheroe:

(via dandoporculo)

unhappyhipsters: Maybe naming him Rimbaud wasn’t such a good...

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:14:37 -0800

unhappyhipsters:

Maybe naming him Rimbaud wasn’t such a good idea.

(Dwell, February 2009)

juliasegal: trudymade:(via teenagejesus) Style icons…biker...

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:00:49 -0800

juliasegal:

trudymade:(via teenagejesus)

Style icons…biker bitches…Olsen Twins.

The new Apple iPad. Down the rabbit hole.

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:19:00 -0800

For the company that innovates and user experience into new realms, I am excited to see where this product goes. While Apple’s tablet is not the first tablet, it is the first forward thinking tablet.

The general consumer seeks simplicity, ease of use, and a utility aspect that justifies buying a product of a certain price point. Although .mp3 players existed before the iPod, it was Apple that made bringing your music with you into a utility. When the iPhone took stage, cell phones went from getting smaller to getting smarter, utility fulfill the things you need to do. Now Apple has made the iPad, something that is very similar, but steered towards the home environment.

Where will we go with this?

Instead of thinking of what we will be doing with this new device, think about what will be eclipsed by it. When introduced into the home environment, the market of non-development people who only use computers to check their emails, listen to music, surf social networks, access their documents and calenders, watch movies, and fumble around with their photos might find what they like in this compact tablet.

Also, let us not forget that you will be able to access 3g Internet on certain versions of it (when set up with AT&T or the future carriers). So say good bye to Comcast or wired Internet. Take your $30 a month Internet with you, whenever you leave your home. There has also been talk of tethering, so if you have a computer at home you can share your Internet connection to whatever you have at home.

What can’t the iPad do?

Burn CD’s. Who honestly burns CD’s anymore? Mix tracks for your car?

Store unlimited documents. Although the iPad can up to a 64gig hard drive, why not use google documents or cloud services? It’s safer and less of a hassle for your documents. If we are talking about your private selection of “movies”, you should try googling “streaming”, welcome to 2010.

Play complex video games. Even with all the new game apps that will come out, why not get a gaming console? Use your TV for something better than Americas Next Top Model.

Capable of using Photoshop, Flash, Maya and other processor killing programs. If you honestly hope to be doing extensive editing on the tablet, you are a moron. You most likely have have a monstrous computer with eight processors sitting in your house somewhere.

Watch streaming video and porn on it. TBD

Pirate music and movies. Illegal and fun, not a deal breaker. You can’t directly download pirated material, but you can transfer it from another computer.

It would be safe to assume that if you are considered a power computer user, actually using your computer for work (besides writing), the iPad is not your one stop shop. For anyone else, that is up for discussion.

The market of computers has had clear sides thus far, buffered by an odd gray area in between of computers that don’t fit on one specific side of the market. On the top side are the computers for power users. Those people who work and play games on their computers, pushing them to the limit of what they can handle. The goal is been faster, quality, better hardware. When people buy these huge desktops that can do anything, they accept that after paying so much money for quality, their computer will sit like a rock in their house and rack up a huge power bill. Also, the ability to update hardware easily becomes a negative because in the long run you pay more money.

On the lower side are netbooks and small notebooks for people who thrive on simplicity. These computers are cheap (both in cost and build), simple, truely portable, and have very long battery life. The downside is when buying these computers, it is all about the lesser evil. What are you fine with not being able to do, for the things that you can do?

Inside the gray area, for the people who have the money, are expensively fast computers that have power and portability. These are the computers that win awards because of all they can do, breaching both sides of the computer market. Only limited by how much they cost.

Into the gray area between comes Apple, with an interesting product that, although not targeted as a personal computing device, has the ability to refine personal computing into “specific computing” - computing that only gives you the tools to get the job done, and made effective by design and a lower price point. Essentially shaving off either side of the computer market into the gray area, and creating a new market the same way the iPod and iPhone once did.

Personally, the Apple iPad is entirely a gadget and not needed. But with every app available (on the App store) becomes a justifiable utility to get things done, the processing power is midrange, the user interface and design is fun, it has a very long battery life, it’s ultra portable, it has a vibe of forward thinking, and the price is fairly reasonable - it’s hard not to ask yourself two questions, “Will I buy one?” and if so, “How will it change the way I use computers?”

"Have you seen this boy?"

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:08:17 -0800

Back when Cameron was figuring out what he wanted for the first “Terminator”
sequel, Kramer walked into his office to look at the storyboards. “I was like,
‘Jim, these storyboards look just like Billy Idol!’” Kramer recalled. “And he
was like, ‘Yeah, he was my first pick.’ But Billy had gotten into a motorcycle
accident and broke his leg, so it didn’t work out, because he would have to be
in lean running shape.”

terminators: via allmyfavorites

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:00:41 -0800

terminators:

via allmyfavorites

fuck popping the cork, booty shorts, or wearing bling.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:18:13 -0800

fuck popping the cork, booty shorts, or wearing bling.

Moving Pictures - Never

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:37:15 -0800

Moving Pictures - Never

Clean your balls

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:19:34 -0800

Clean your balls

Life Lesson - Act, don’t think.

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:58:59 -0800

Life Lesson - Act, don’t think.

The good old days. When water gun fights weren’t future...

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:41:16 -0800

The good old days. When water gun fights weren’t future war - it was just about soaking the other son-ova-bitch before the 6 o’clock dinner curfew.

Sometimes I wish I was more of a geek.

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:19:08 -0800

Sometimes I wish I was more of a geek.

Another awesome Facebook banner. Catering to poor dads updating...

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:16:17 -0800

Another awesome Facebook banner. Catering to poor dads updating their statuses on Facebook.

Just a thought

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:21:07 -0800

But why is it when things are going well there is always that little feeling that something’s wrong. I mean, I have everything put together, the job I want, a rad apartment, and a life. But why does it all feel temporary, not a few years, but a few hours from collapse.

Is life too good to be true, or are there underlying issues?

Lupe Fiasco - The Gorilla

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:32:34 -0800

Lupe Fiasco - The Gorilla